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Hours after signing legislation that set up a special election to fill the remaining two years of the late U.S. Senator Robert Byrd's term, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, III announced on July 20 that he would run in the race. Manchin, a Democrat, has dominated campaign fundraising in the past and handily won elections in 2000, 2004, and 2008. If these trends from his state races continue into his U.S. Senate campaign, he will certainly be a powerful contender.

Fast Facts

West Virginia Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Joe Manchin received $7.1 million in contributions from 2000 through 2008. Ninety-five percent of that money came from individuals.

Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia is a fundraising juggernaut in the state. From 2000 through 2008, the only time he faced a financially competitive opponent was in the primary for the 2004 gubernatorial race.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin's biggest contributors 2000-2008 were lawyers and lobbyists. Included in that group are lawyers from Goodwin & Goodwin, the firm associated with Carte Goodwin, Manchin's temporary appointment to Robert Byrd's seat.

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This Report in the News

Employees of the drug maker Mylan Laboratories and the law firm Steptoe & Johnson are among those who have given the biggest bucks to Gov. Joe Manchin's past campaigns, according to a report released Wednesday. HERE.

West Virginia Watchdog 08/04/2010National Institute on Money in State Politics Takes A Closer Look at Gov. Joe Manchin

Republican John Raese may be able to self-fund his campaign for the vacant U.S. Senate seat, but data shows that Gov. Joe Manchin has no trouble raising large sums of money. Read the full article HERE.

A recently released financial report conducted by the National Institute on Money in State Politics is quite revealing. The study shows that Goodwin and Goodwin, the law practice belonging to the family of newly-minted U.S. Senator Carte Goodwin, didn't just donate to Manchin's various campaigns: they made Manchin's Top Ten donor list, along with such big wheels as Mylan Puskar. Read the full article HERE.

Did You Know?

Candidate self-financing is big business: candidates spent $925 million trying to get elected, or 12 percent of all money given at the state level from all sources.